Telscombe Cliffs Academy
Telscombe Cliffs Way, Peacehaven, BN10 7DE
521 pupils · 76% of 690 capacity
- Phase
- Primary
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Ages
- 2–11
- Gender
- Mixed
- Religious character
- Does not apply
- Trust
- STEP ACADEMY TRUST
- Local authority
- East Sussex
- Free school meals
- 20.9%
Ofsted
No overall grade (2025) — Inspected 2024–2025 — no overall grade under the interim framework
This school has not yet been inspected under the report-card system introduced in November 2025. When it is, this section will show a grade for each area — Ofsted says the new grades do not map onto the old ones, so we do not predict them.
Inspected 14 January 2025, published 3 March 2025. Read the full Ofsted report
England has three coexisting inspection systems — how we translate them into one signal.
Exam results
| Measure | 2024/25 |
|---|---|
| Reaching the expected standard in reading, writing & maths | 62% |
| Reaching the higher standard | 2% |
“Not published (small cohort)” means the DfE suppressed the figure to protect small cohorts — it is not a zero.
Will my child get in?
Usually has places available — 0.88 first-choice applications per place (Sept 2026 entry)
| Entry | Places | 1st preferences | Total preferences | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sept 2026 entry | 65 | 57 | 132 | 61 |
| Sept 2025 entry | 51 | 40 | 102 | 48 |
| Sept 2024 entry | 57 | 44 | 111 | 56 |
| Sept 2023 entry | 76 | 67 | 130 | 76 |
| Sept 2022 entry | 82 | 68 | 127 | 74 |
First-choice demand varies year to year, and the school’s admission criteria — not demand — decide who is offered a place. Use this as a rough signal, never a prediction.
Nearby alternatives
- Peacehaven Heights Academy 0.6 km · No overall grade (2024)
- Meridian Community Primary School and Nursery 1.3 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- Saltdean Primary School 2.3 km · Good (2024) · previous system
- St Margaret's CofE Primary School, Rottingdean 3.2 km · Standards maintained (2025)
- Breakwater Academy 3.4 km · Standards maintained (2024)
- Our Lady of Lourdes RC School 3.5 km · Good — confirmed 2024 · previous system
Straight-line distance — not travel time, and not a catchment. Same phase, open schools only.
Data from DfE and Ofsted open data (OGL v3) — sources. School record updated 10 July 2026. Report incorrect data.